WHITE MENACE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27082, 17 May 1949, Page 4

WHITE MENACE

FROST ON HIGHWAYS NORTHERN AND HILL SUBURBS A heavy frost yesterday morning created a road hazard for motorists in shady parts of city streets and more especially on the main north outlet of the city. A slippery covering of frost on the summit of the Kilmog proved disastrous for a large sedan car, which was extensively damaged when it crashed into a bank after a series of skids. A fortunate escape *• occurred about 9 aan. on the northern hignway wiie.i a travelling around a bend near Merton, which holds frost all day. The vehicle turned right round to face in the opposite direction and then somersauiteu and lanued back on its wheels. None of the occupants of the car was injured and the vehicle was almost undamaged. The pumping station at Musselburgh did not record any frost for the morning and previous night, as the frost appeared to be confined to the hill suburbs and the northern areas of the city. City road, Roslyn, in the vicinity of the Robin Hood playing area, was one of the most slippery of the town highways, and drivers were forced to exercise great care in negotiating it. At least two vehicles were in difficulties.

is president) is interested in areas not penetrated by roads or other modern means of travel. Fiordland possesses this characteristic,’’ he continued, “ and its natural attractions will remain in this condition for years. “The weather is the greatest drawback, but with foreknowledge and proper precautions parties who love this type of out-of-doors should be able to make unhurried visits,” he added. In comparison with red deer, wapiti were not particularly numerous, Dr Murie said, and the influence of these animals on the natural growth of the area could not be evaluated until all the notes of the separate observers had been correlated. For instance, foresters would report on depredations to flora, and these observations would be compared with an analysis of the stomach contents from the animals shot. With ornithologists, botanists, land and marine biologists, zoologists, entomologists, foresters and surveyors and others all pursuing their separate researches and collecting hundreds of specimens of the findings of the expedition, it would take a long time to prepare and correlate. Dr Murie will spend several weeks at the Dominion iviuseum in Wellington directing early stages of this work in New Zealand The Government would determine ; control policy or he basis of a complete report. Di Murie’s 17-year-old son, Donald, accompanied him as pnotographer. Mrs Murie. who has travelled on many of her husband’s earlier expeditions, this time remained at Invercargill as chief secretarial link ' between the fiexd parties and Government departments.